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Baghdad-INA
French President Emmanuel Macron is heading towards a government reshuffle, the features of which are likely to begin to appear as of Monday with the selection of a new prime minister, at a time when his government is being widely criticized.

An influential advisor said, “Things will move at the beginning of the week, most likely with a new prime minister on Monday.”
In recent months, Macron’s government has dealt with unpopular reforms, such as the pension file, or the controversial immigration law that has deeply divided his camp.
At the same time, Macron is facing the rise of the far-right National Rally party, which is leading in opinion polls for the European elections in June 2024. National Rally leader Marine Le Pen came in second place in the presidential elections in 2017 and 2022, behind Macron.
Macron received his Prime Minister, Elisabeth Bourne, yesterday evening, Sunday, to discuss “important issues,” according to the Elysee.
His office said that the discussion focused on the floods in northern France and the cold wave that the country is awaiting, but observers suggested that they had discussed a widely expected ministerial reshuffle.
A person close to Macron said, “Everything is possible… including ‘nothing’,” at a time when the French President last week held extensive consultations with Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, his former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, and the politician François Bayrou.
Bayrou, the centrist politician whose support for Macron was key in the 2017 elections, told BFM TV that “change is necessary” in the composition of the government.
Under the French system, the president sets public policies, but the prime minister is responsible for the day-to-day running of the government, meaning he often pays the price when the administration faces unrest.